#F4E9AA#F4E9AA

#F4E9AA is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.804; OKLCH L 92.8% C 0.081 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E9AA
RGB	rgb(244, 233, 170)
HSL	hsl(51, 77%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(51, 30%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 30.3%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.87, -5.60, 32.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.87, 32.52, 99.92°)
OKLab	oklab(92.8% -0.0133 0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(92.8% 0.081 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(73.7035, 80.4149, 49.6615)
Luminance	0.8041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E9AA #AAB5F4

analogous

#F4C4AA #F4E9AA #DAF4AA

triadic

#F4E9AA #AAF4E9 #E9AAF4

tetradic

#F4E9AA #AAF4C4 #AAB5F4 #F4AADA

square

#F4E9AA #AAF4C4 #AAB5F4 #F4AADA

split-complementary

#F4E9AA #AADAF4 #C4AAF4

monochromatic

#E6CD3E #EDDB74 #F4E9AA #FBF7E0 #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#F4E9AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.08

#F4E9AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E9AA

17.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E9AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E9AA	1.00	1.23	17.08	17.08
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E5A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8EAAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE0D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e9aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 233, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.8% 0.081 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8efc3',
    500: '#f4e9aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e9aa;
$custom-light: #f8efc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e9aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.081,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 81.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92797,
    "c": 0.0813,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.80413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E9AA

secondary

#6E7DD4

accent

#2BD90C

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF9

border

#D7D6D2

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E9AA

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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